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To be honest, I don't see a viable way to swap the Moebius Grille into the PL body and have it look right. Ah, now you've done, I accept that challenge! The chrome headlights were the biggest let down on this when it first came out. LOL

Finally got some bench time for the sedan build off, been busy with "stuff"..............AND.................I started an early Falcon gasser! But I made up 3 pulleys, added an alternator, fan and styrene belt, plus a rad and upper and lower rad hoses. Still need linkages, tail lights, interior door panels and finishing touch-ups, all doable! Cheers to ALL the entrants in this fun build off, there's some fantastic '32s on here!

I brush painted the spokes with Tamiya XF-53 Nuetral Grey, I like this look.

Man that is so cool and so well done, gotta love it! Awesome scratch building talent!

Those wheels and tires look perfect!

Looking very good already, cool car and some cool mods!

I've been trying to decide on rolling stock and I've finally arrived at a decision! I found these cool front tires and these mags, but I had to cut away some rubber to get the wheel fronts to sink in, then I had to make shims and wheel backs. I had 3D printed wrinkled slicks with deep mags, but I had to sand the slicks and fill imperfections. Then I sprayed all 4 mags with Revell chrome, and the slicks with Tamiya rubber black. Thinking about painting the spokes light gunmetal, then spraying semi-gloss clear over them, not sure yet on that though, trying to figure out a rear suspension set up.

That is a very cool start and I'm sure it'll turn out great! Now that I see Texas 3D's supercharged FE engine, I wish I'd have bought one, it looks fantastic and that's what I'd use in a vintage Ford build, but whatever you choose will be great!

Those stacked headlights look better than the original design to me, cool!

Looks fantastic, great color combos and excellent customization!

Nicely done and clearly explained, thank you! I'm working on an old Falcon now, but it's a vintage gasser, so no chrome required, LOL

Thanks Zippi, I already did a '63, post car, but in a way more modern take, supercharged coyote and all modern suspension. Almost bought a real 63 and a half hardtop! I love those! This one though will be more old school, and although it's a '62, I have a 3D printed, see-through, '61 grille that I'll use. I'll also be making it back into a post car, previous customizer removed the B pillars!

I concentrated on the engine build, making mods along the way. Made up a second set of pulleys and a belt for an alternator mounted way down out of the way. I shortened the oil filter, removed the attached coil (I'll put it on the firewall later), modified the headers to fit the FE port spacing, added fuel lines to the injectors, etc. In that picture above, I see my alternator bracket isn't painted black yet, I forgot. I painted the inside black before I glued it on because I couldn't get a paint brush in there without touching the blue. Now I can easily reach the front with a tiny brush..........wait a minute..........okay, done! LOL

Now I had to make up firewall mods to accommodate that big supercharged 427. Transmission tunnel also had to be enlarged and I had to make room for the 4-speed floor shift mechanism.

I mocked up the front suspension, but I'll need a rear sump oil pan, so..........out came one of my favorite tools! With the oil pan modified and intake manifold sanded way down, I tried to fit the supercharger. Ford FE engine's distributor location just isn't good for the blower belt, at least in scale! Even the all chrome parts pack 427 moves the distributor to the rear, opposite side, when supercharging. So I added a blank off plate at the front and proceeded to relocate my dizzy to the rear, and wired it.

I modified the Chevy rad wall to fit. I decided to use the 427 FE from the Thunderbolt kit, but it just won't fit......................yet!

I modified the Mobius Chevy ll floor pan and interior (I'll modify the Falcon dashboard to fit). I cut the hood out and thinned it.

I've always loved the first gen Falcons, but no detailed kits are available. I found this old '62 and decided to give it a gasser look. It had the Styline rear puttied on, but I removed that first. Next I removed all the protrusions from under the one-piece body. Then I smoothed out some of the serious mold seams and removed the door handles.

Yes, that was an old picture. I have a "short" list of things to do but it's too long to list here! LOL

We're getting up to 30C today in Winnipeg! That's 86F. I haven't worked on my sedan for a couple of weeks, but I'll have it finished by Oct!

Bil Benson, that patina sedan with the black grille shell and old style hemi looks fantastic! Awesome build! Love it!!

Those are some intricate body mods Kit, I love it!

I wish that each kit had BOTH decal sheets!

That interior is awesome! So is the roof swap! Love this build!!

I should say to anyone following my build that gluing the wheel wells on first is NOT the way to go. Follow the instructions, I did not. It's difficult to get the upper pieces in properly as "Mozzi" points out. I haven't decided on a color yet, painted engine cover stuff "light gunmetal" and brake calipers black with white decals. IF I had a vision, I would've painted those 3 engine pieces and the brake calipers a color to compliment the body. I just wanted to get this all new kit started and see what it's like and it's really a good kit. Now I can get back to working on a hot rod!!! Cheers